spo·rad·ic
adjective/spəˈrædɪk/
/spəˈrædɪk/
- happening only occasionally or at intervals that are not regular
synonym intermittent偶尔发生的;间或出现的;阵发性的;断断续续的 - sporadic fighting/gunfire/violence
零星的战斗;阵阵炮火;间或发生的暴力事件 - sporadic outbreaks of the disease
那种疾病的散发
Extra Examples- Sporadic fighting continued through the next day.
零星的战斗持续到第二天。 - Sporadic gunfire was reported each night.
报道称每夜都有零星的炮火。 - The findings are derived from sporadic and statistically unreliable surveys.
这些发现来自零星且统计上不可靠的调查。 - There are sporadic outbreaks of violence.
暴力事件时有发生。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySporadic is used with these nouns:- fighting
- gunfire
- outbreak
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek sporadikos, from sporas, sporad- ‘scattered’; related to speirein ‘to sow’. - sporadic fighting/gunfire/violence